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PLAN OF ENDOWMENT 



DELAWAEE COLLEGE. 



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PHILADELPHIA: 

KING & BAIRD, PRINTERS, No. 9 SANSOM STREET. 

1851. 



Admission. — In order to admission, to pui.., 
a student must be at least fourteen years of age, must give sau&... 
evidence of good moral character, and must sustain an examination 
in the following studies, viz. : — Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, 
Latin and Greek Grammar, Greek Reader and the First two books of 
Xenophon^s Anabasis; Latin Reader, Sallust or Ccesar, Cicero'' s Select 
Orations, and Virgil — or what shall Ibe deemed equivalent. 

Commencement is on the third Wednesday in July. The Collegiate 
Year is divided into Three Terms. The First Term begins six weeks 
after Commencement, and continues sixteen weeks. The Second 
Term begins on the first Wednesday in January, and continues twelve 
weeks. The Third Term begins four weeks after the close of the 
Second, and continues twelve weeks. 



Vacations. — After Commencement, six weeks ; after the First 
Term, two weeks; after the Second Term, four weeks. 









vieometry, five books 






.^ , iiiiislied. 


History, finished. 






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Horace, finislied. 




1. 

Geometry, finished. 




Xenophon'g 


Memorabilia. 


Rhetoric, begun. 










II. 




Cicero de 


Amicitia, 


and de 


Plain Trigonometry; 


Spherical 


Senectute. 




Trigonometry. 




Herodotus, 


begun. 




Rhetoric, continued. 

m. 




Cicero de Oflaciis. 




Surveying; i\Tia.lytical Geometry, 


Herodotus, 


finished. 




begun. 




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Rhetoi 


ic, finished. 







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Tacitus, begim. 


X. 


Analytical Geometry, finished; 
Calculus. 


The Prometheus of ^schylus 




Natm-al Theology ; Evidences 


and Electra of Sophocles. 


n. 


of Christianity. 


Logic; Mental Philosophy. 




Tacitus, finished. 


The Alcestis of Euripides. 


Ill 


Natural Philosophy ; Mechanics, 
begun. 


Moral Philosophy. 




The Captivi of Plautus. 


Plato's Gorgias. 




Mechanics, Hydi-ostatics, Pneu- 
matics and Meteorology. 


Political Philosophy. 


I. 


The Clouds of Aristophanes. 


The Andria of Terrence. 




Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, 
Magnetism. 


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Elements of Criticism ; Butler 


s 


Voltaic Electricity or Galvanism. 


Analogy. 




Electro-Magnetism, Magneto- 


Cicero's Tusculan Questions. 




Electricity, Electro - Dyna- , 


Demosthenes de Corona. 




mics. 


Astronomy 


, begun. 




III 




The Constitution of the United 




The Science of Heat ; Thermo- 


States. 




Electricity. 


Astronomy, finished. 




Chemistry and Geology. 



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In tLe Greek and Latin course, a careful review of the Grammar 
Tvill be made at the outset ; and a regidar sj-stem of progi'essive 
exercises in writing both languages Tvill be pursued throughout. It 
thus becomes necessary to insist upon uniformity in the appropriate 
text-books. Every student "will, therefore, be required, on enterirg, 
to provide himself "with Andrews' and Stoddard's Latin Grammar, 
Crosby's Greek Grammar, and Arnold's Introduction to Greek and 
Latin Prose Composition. Subsidiary studies, [Ancient Geography, 
Antiquities, etc.) "will be taught by occasional oral lectures. 

In Surveying, opportunity "wiU be given for practice, under the eye 
of the Professor. 

Chemistry is taught chiefly by experimental lectures. 

PMlosopMcal Apparatus. — The College is provided -with a 
Philosophical Apparatus, that furnishes ample means of experimental 
illustration in all the different branches of Natiu-al Philosophy. The 
sum of three thousand dollars has recently been expended, partly in 
this country, and partly in London and Paris, in the pirrchase of 
new apparatus, adapted to the present advanced state of the Physical 
Sciences. 

Examinations. — At the close of each study, or branch of study, 
the members of the class are carefully examined ; and at the close 
of each year, the students are examined in all the studies of the year 
in the presence of a Committee of the Trustees, and their attainments 
are communicated to the Board of Trustees. 

EeligioTis Instruction. — In addition to daily morning and 
evening prayer, divine worship is held twice on every Sunday, 
and the recitation on Monday morning is always in the Greek 
Testament. At the request of his parent or guardian a student is 
permitted to attend any place of worship, which himself, or the 
parent or guardian, may select. 



Residence. — The students reside in the College, and occupy 
such rooms as may be assigned them by the Faculty. 

Two members of the Faculty constantly reside in the College. 



Entrance Fee. — If tlie student enters as Freshman, $5 ; if as 
Sophomore, $10; if as Junior, §15; and if as Senior, $20. 





FIRST TERM. 


SECO>T> TERM. 


THIRD TERSr. 


Tuition 


$16 00 


$12 00 


$12 00 


Koom Rent 


4 00 


3 00 


3 00 


Fuel for Oratory and Recitation 








Rooms 


75 


75 




Janitor's Wages 


75 


75 


75 


Use of Library . 


75 


75 


50 


Incidental Expenses 


75 


75 


75 



$28 00 $18 00 



$17 00 



The Bill for each Term to be paid in advance. The charge for 
tuition may be remitted to students designed for the Ministry. 

The Fee for instruction in Modern Languages, is $8 per Term. 

Board may be had in the College, at a table -with Professors and 
their families, or in the Village, from $ 1 75 to $ 2 00 per week. 
Washing at the usual rates. Fuel is furnished to the Students at 
cost. 

These charges will he stnctly adhered to, never exceeded. 



N. B. — A student -who does not return punctually at the 
commencement of the Term, forfeits his room, and cannot take his 
place in his class unless he present a satisfactory excuse from his 
parent or. guardian, and sustain an examination in the studies 
pursued by the class during his absence. The same rule applies 
to such as lose any part of their course by absence during the Term, 
unless specially excused by the Faculty. 



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By an Act of tlie Legislature, passed at Dover, February 10, 1851, a 
Scientific School, of an Mgh order, is now connected with the College, 
offering rare facilities to those who do not intend to pursue the full 
and regular course. 

€^t ItaMrs nf tliis Irlinnl m nmngA mhx i^t 
/allnining BrpnrtiiinitH : 

I. — A Mathematical Department : — In which, beginning with 
Arithmetic and Algebra, the Student will be carried, seriatim, through 
all the higher branches of the Mathematics, ending in their application 
to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, etc. 

II. — An English Department : — Comprising instruction in 
Grammar, Elocution, Geography, History, Composition, Rhetoric, 
Logic, Intellectual Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Political Grammar, 
Story on the Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology, Natural Theology, 

Elements of Criticism and Evidences of Christianity. 

m. — A Mercantile Department : — In which will be imparted 
an acquaintance with all that is necessary to qualify youth for the 
immediate duties of the counting-house ; including, 

1st. — Penmanship. — By an original and popular system of this art, 
which invariably produces a bold, finished hand, peculiarly adapted 
to the purpose of the accountant and business man. 

2d, — Arithmetic. — Comprising numerous abbreviated methods of 
computing Interest, Discount, Equation of payments, etc., and other 
Mercantile calculations founded on per centage ; — together with all 
such operations as are requisite for a thorough knowledge of the 
business of the counting-room. 



Sd. — Booh-Keeping. — Single and Double Entry — by the most 
approved methods. A complete course of instruction in this branch 
will be fiu-nished, designed to fit the Student to take charge of any set 
of Account Books. 

IV. — An Agricultural Department : — Comprising a selection 
from the English and Mathematical courses; and also, Surveying, 
Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chemistry ; 
— the last two illustrated by experimental lectures. 

V. — A Civil Engineer Department : — In which are taught 
Arithmetic, (mental and written,) Algebra, (mental and written,) 
Geometry, Trigonometry, Surveying, (with the use of instruments in 
the field,) Practical Engineering, Architecture, Perspective Draughting 
and Topography. 

VI. — A Teachers' Department : — The course of study will 
consist of a judicioiis selection of subjects from the other departments, 
including all the branches pursued in our common schools. Practical 
Lectures will also be given on School Teaching, both as a science and 
as an art. 

Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest instruction, relative 
to the best and most popular methods of teaching, but they will also 
have opportunities of exemplifying them, by hearing recitations in the 
lower departments of the institution. 

VII. — A Department of Modern Languages : — In which students 
who wish to take a thorough course can have an opportunity of 
doing so ; while others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient 
knowledge to translate with facility, and to pronounce with tolerable 
correctness, in as short a time as possible, are also provided for. 

Systematic Instruction will be given in Elocution by lectures, and 
otherwise, and frequent exercises in Declamation and in English 
Composition be required of all the students connected with the 
Institution. 



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1 1 A mere glance at the above range of studies is sufficient to convince 

i any one of tlieir practical bearing and of their complete adaptation 
i ! to the wants of our time and of the Peninsula. 



Degbees are conferred upon those completing a course in this 
school. — Thus a Diploma is granted to such as pursue a course of 
study in the Teachers' Department and fit themselves for this important 
■work. 

Application for Admission to be made to 

REV. W. S. F. GRAHAM, A.M., 

President of Delaware College. 

Newark, Del. 





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On the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad, ahout three hours ride { 
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This Department of Delaware College, through the liberality of j 

the State Legislature and the Board of Trustees, is endowed with ij 

rare advantages as an Academy, while it enjoys peculiar additional j! 

privileges from its connexion with the College proper. jj 

The Buildings, which are new, are large and convenient, and ij 

fully provided with all the necessary fixtures of a complete jj 

Boarding establishment ; the smaller building is divided into rooms : j 

suitable for private study. The furniture of the study-rooms and jj 

dormitories has been chosen with particular reference to the M 

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comfort and convenience of the student ; and no expense has been 
spared in providing all the apparatus necessary to render the 
means of instruction complete — giving to Newark Academy facilities 
for private study and comfortable accommodation of students, fully 
equal to those afforded by many of our Colleges. 

From its relation to the College, students of the Academy 
enjoy many advantages not generally obtained at institutions of this 
kind. Those who wish to pursue some particular branch, which 
falls more properly within the College course, may be admitted, as 





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irregular students, to recite in any of tlie College classes. Students 


also of proper age and discretion, by recommendation of 


the 


Principal and permission 


of the Faculty, may enjoy the use of 


the 


j College Library without 


additional charge. Admission also may 


be 


i had to the Lectures and 


to such other privileges of the College 


as 


1 can be profitably enjoyed by Academical Students. 




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INCLUDES 




THE VARIOUS BRANCHES 


OP A SUBSTANTIAL ENGLISH EDUCATION, 


AS 


WELL AS THE 1 

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[JSUAL PREPARATION FOR COLLEGE. 


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It comprises an English 


course ; a Classical course ; and a course 


J of 


Modern Languages 


the studies of which are as follows : 
ENGLISH. 




STUDIES. 


AUTHORS. 




Orthography. 






Penmanship. 






Pveading . 


Russell's Elocutionist. 




Geography . 


. Mitchell's. 




Grammar 


Brown's. 




History 


. Willard's. 




Arithmetic 


Thomson's Series. 




Algebra 


. Davies'. 




Mensuration . 


Bonnycastle's. 




1 Geometry . 


. Davies'. 




Surveying, with use 


of Instru- 




ments 


. Davies'. 


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Natural Philosophy 


Gray's. 




Chemistry . 


. Draper's. 




Book-keeping . 


Marsh's. 




Composition 


. Parker's Aids. 


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Elocution. 






! Those who wish to study Agricultural Chemistry, or any of 


the 


Natural Sciences, may attend the Lectures on these subjects at 


the 


College. 

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LATIN. 



STUDIES. 

Latin Grammar . 

Latin Reader . 

Cornelius Nepos 

Caesar's Commentaries 

Latin Prosody . 

Virgil 

Cicero's Orations 

Sallnst . 

Horace 

Cicero de Officiis . 



AUTHORS. 

Andrews' and Stoddard' 

Andrews'. 

Arnold's. 

Andrews'. 

Moore's. 

Cooper's. 

Abbott's. 

Andrews'. 

Lincoln's. 

Dillaway's. 



Cicero de Senectute et Amicitia Dillaway' 



GBEEK. 



Greek Grammar 
Greek Lessons 
Greek Reader . 
Xenopbon's Anabasis 
Homer's Odyssey 
Xenophon's Memorabilia 
Greek Syntax. 
Greek Testament. 



Sophocles' and Crosby's. 

Sophocles'. 

Felton's. 

Owen's. 

Owen's. 

Robbins'. 



Throughout the Classical Course, frequent recitations in Ancient 
Geographg, Greek and Roman Antiquities and Mythology, with Exercises 
and Translations of English into Greek and Latin. Andreivs' Latin 
Lexicon, and LiddelVs ^ Scotfs Greek Lexicon, are particularly 
recommended. 



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FRENCH. 

Grammar; Ollendorff's. Extraits Dramatiques; CoUot's. 

Elementary French Reader; Firas. Picot's Series. 
Dictionary ; Surrene's. 

SPANISH. 

Grammar; Ollendorff's. Colmena Espanola. 

Grammar; Jose's. Cartas Marruecas. 

Gil Bias. Don Quixote. 

Dictionary ; Neuman's. 

ITALIAN. 

Grammar; Ollendorff's. Poesie Italiene. 

NouYelle Italiene. Prose Italiene. 

Dictionary ; Graglia's. 

GEKMAN. 

Grammar; Ollendorff's. Fables; Lessing's, 

German Reader; Adler's. Schiller's Works. 

Dictionary ; Flugel's. 

In this department, those Students who wish to take a thorough 
course, have an opportunity of doing so ; while others, whose object 
may be to acquire sufficient knowledge to translate with facility, and 
to pronounce with tolerable correctness, in as short a time as possible, 
are also provided for. 

Jg@°" Systematic instruction is given in Elocution, and Exercises in 
Declamation and in English Composition, are statedly required of all the 
Students. 



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I Expenses. — The cliarge for Boarding, Wasliing, Fuel, Light, 

j etc., with tuition in English, Latin and Greek, is $70 for the 
I Summer Session, and $75 for the Winter Session. The only extra 
is a fee of $10 to the Professor of Modern Languages, from those 
who enter any of his classes. Those who study in their rooms during 
the winter term, will also incur their proportion of the expense of a 
private fire. The bill for each term must be paid in advance ; and in 
case of absence occasioned by sickness, the proper portion will be 
refunded. Candidates for the ministry will not be charged for tuition. 

]^^jVo extras need be feared. 

Terms and Vacations. — The Academic year is divided into two 
terms or sessions of twenty-one weeks each. The first commences five 
weeks after the fourth "Wednesday in September ; and the second, five 
weeks after the fourth Wednesday in March. Each is followed by a 
vacation of five weeks. The proper time to enter is at the beginning 
or middle of a session, but admission may be obtained at other times, 
if desired. It is important that students for the whole session be 
present at the formation of the classes, on the first or second day 
of the term. Besides the opportunity of selecting a room, it is no 
inconsiderable advantage to obtain a fair start with the various 
classes in the studies to be pursued. 

Eesidence. — The students board and occupy rooms in the Academy 
buildings. All the furniture necessary for the accommodation of the 
pupil is furnished by the Principal. 

In the smaller house, rooms are furnished, as in colleges, for private 
study. This privilege will be granted to such older students as 
prefer it, and whose studious habits and general good conduct will 
justify it. 

The smaller hoys will room in the Main Building, under the 
immediate charge of an experienced llatron, whose special province 
it will be to attend to the rooms, clothes, and persons of those entrusted 
to her care. Their studies and recitations will proceed under the 
eye of their teachers, in the school-room, duiing the day and in 
the evening. By this arrangement, the neatness, health and comfort 



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of the younger pupils will be effectually secured, whilst their industry 
and improvement will receive the immediate and constant attention 
which their age requires. 

The Gymnasium. — With a view to preserve and promote the general 
health of the pupils, a Gymnasium has been fitted up, and furnished 
with all the necessary apparatus. Here the student may find exercise 
and sport in the stormiest weather. 

The Library. — An Academical Library of several hundred 
volumes has been founded, and will be increased from time to time 
which is accessible to all the students. 

The College Library will also be open to Academical students of 
proper age and discretion. — The Literary Society of the Academy, 
has also its Library. 

Religious Instruction. — Morning and evening worship is 
maintained in the school-room, which all the students attend. On 
the Sabbath, students will attend Church with the teachers and the 
family, unless permitted, on account of the request of the parent or 
guardian, to attend one of the other churches in the village ; and in 
the afternoon a Biblical Exercise, conducted by the Principal and 
the Teachers. 

Examinations. — An examination of all the students will be held 
at the close of each term, in the presence of the Faculty, the Trustees, 
and such other persons as may wish to attend. Exhibitions in 
Elocution and Music will also be given at the close of the Sessions. 

Government. — The government of the school will be gentle, but 
decided ; maintained by appeals to the affections, the conscience, and 
honorable feelings of the pupil, rather than by less noble and more 
violent means. The experience of many years has convinced the 
Principal that, in nine cases out of ten, a proper development and 
cultivation of the better qualities of the heart will more effectually 
bind a pupil to his teacher, and secure obedience, in presence or in 
absence, than any other means whatever. AVhilst particular attention 



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will be paid to the morals and health of the pupil, a prominent object 
will be to make scholars. The Principal does not hesitate to 
pledge himself to parents and guardians who may place their boys 
under his charge, that where natural defect or sickness does not 
interfere, his scholars shall make a constant, real and honorable advance 
in all their studies. Idleness or immorality will not be tolerated. No 
student will be retained whose conduct furnishes an example 
dangerous to the morals of his companions, or whose progress in study 
is not deemed suflScient to justify the expense incurred. 

Reports. — A report will be sent, at the close of every session, to 
the parents or guardian of each pupil, presenting a faithful account 

of his INDUSTRY, SCHOLARSHIP, and GENERAL DEPORTMENT. TheSC 

reports will be carefully made out from records preserved of all the 
particular recitations and delinquencies of the pupil. Parents will 
thus have the satisfaction of knowing the exact standing and 
improvement of their sons ; while they, on the other hand, will regard 
themselves as still under the eye of their parents. Notice moreover 
will be given by letter to the parents of the younger pupils, from time 
to time, of their progress and conduct. 

Bills and Pocket Money. — No student is allowed to contract 
bills at a store or elsewhere, without an order from the Principal. It 
is desirable that boys should not be allowed much pocket money ; 
whatever is deemed a suitable allowance should be placed in the hands 
of the Principal, or one of the other Officers of the school, to be 
regularly dispensed, in such sums as the parent may prescribe, 
provided it does not tend to promote indolence or any other vicious 
habit. 

Clothes. — It is desirable that each pupil, on entering, should be 
furnished with a sufficiency of external clothing, and have all his 
clothes marked with his name in full. He should also have slippers, 
overshoes, and an umbrella. 



The Principal enters upon the discharge of his duties, 
with an experience of twelve years as a Teacher. — He flatters himself 

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that he is somewhat faYorably known as such. — Well acquainted 
with the manner in which the Academy has heretofore been conducted, 
he deems it but proper to state that he believes a change, in the 
general management of affairs to be loudly called for, and that he 

will pursue plans of his own. 

He feels perfectly satisfied that he can make it what it should be, a 
school of the first character, and in all respects unobjectionable. 

By thoroughness in instruction and perfect fairness in our dealings 
with Parents and Guardians we expect to prosper. 

REV. W. S. F. GRAHAM, A. M. 

Principal. 

Newakk, Del. 




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PS IN DELAWARE GOLLEfiE. 



Whereas — It is highly important that Delaioare College be 
endowed with a permanent fund, affording an income, adequate to 
secure the services of an able Faculty ; and that this fund be 
BO raised and secured that the persons contributing thereto may 
receive a fvilly equivalent return in instruction : — 

Therefore the Trustees of said College do hereby enact — 

I. That One Thousand Scholarships, at One Hundred Dollars 
each, be created, and established in Delaware College. 

II. Any person who shall pay to the Trustees of Delaware 
College, their Treasurer or authorized agent, the sum of One 
Hundred Dollars on or before the first day of November, A. D. 
1852 — shall be entitled to one Scholarship in said College, and 
one other Scholarship for every additional sum of One Hundred 
Dollars which such person may pay as aforesaid ; — Provided that 
not less than Five Hundred nor more than One Thousand rights 
shall be sold ; — and Provided also that if less than Five Hundred 
rights be sold, the said sum or sums of money so paid shall be 
refunded. 

III. Said right of Scholarship shall entitle the subscriber, for every 
sum of One Hundred Dollars so paid, to the tuition of one student 
in the full course of instruction taught in said College and its 
Preparatory Department, for the term of twenty years, without 
further expense, said period commencing at the time said subscriber 
shall first send a student. 



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IV. The subscriber may send, contemporaneously, as many 
students as be may think proper, for every sum of One Hundred 
Dollars, so paid, — Provided that the time occupied by all shall 
not exceed the period of twenty years. 

V. A subscription of Five Hundred Dollars, when paid, shall 
entitle the subscriber or any association of subscribers, to a perpetual 
Scholarship, to which he or they may appoint any individual he 
or they may select ; and said Scholarship and all other Scholarships 
hereby created, shall be regarded as personal property, and subject 
to such disposition and distribution as other personal property now 
is or may be by the Laws of the State of Delaware. 

VI. No subscription shall be considered as binding unless the 
sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars has been actually subscribed for 
(and paid) by the first day of November A. D, 1852, at which time 
all subscriptions shall be considered due, and upon the payment 
of which, scrip shall be issued. The certificate shall be signed by 
the Treasurer, or other authorized agent of the Corporation. 

VII. Students who shall be connected with either Department 
of Delaware College under the right of Scholarship, shall be exempt 
from all charges for tuition, — but will be assessed, in common 
with the rest, for all other incidental expenses, and shall be subject, 
equally with them, to the Laws and Discipline of said Institution. 

VIII. The fund arising from the sale of these rights shall be 
invested in such manner as the Trustees of said College shall 
designate : — and the interest therefrom shall be faithfully, and 
exclusively applied to the payment of the salaries of the Faculty 
of the Institution, — and no part of the principal shall be otherwise 
expended than in the investments aforesaid — to constitute a sacred 
and inalienable fund. 

IX. The following shall be the form of subscription, signature to 
which shall constitute an obligation or bond to pay the sums affixed 
to the names respectively. 

" We, the subscribers, promise to pay to the Trustees of Delaware 
College, on or before the first day of November A. D. 1852 the 
sums affixed to our names, respectively, for, and in consideration 
of Scholarships granted to us in accordance with the plan of 



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Scholarships annexed, — ydth the express understanding that -we 
are not sureties for each other, but responsible only for such sum 
as is so affixed to our respective names." 

X. If the charter of Delaware College shall at any time hereafter 
be discontinued, or when about to expire, be not renewed by the 
Legislature of the State of Delaware, or for any cause be forfeited — 
or, if said College shall cease to be an Institution of learning, or 
its action as such be suspended for a period of three successive 
years, then, and in that case, the said several subscriptions shall 
be refunded to the said subscribers, their executors, administrators 
or assigns, without interest — and thenceforth, the obligation hereby 
created to give instruction in consideration of such subscriptions 
shall be null and void. 



Jl^^'Persons wishing to subscribe for Scholarships, are requested 
to communicate with the Principal of the CoUege. 



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